notoˈbranchiate, a.
[See prec. and branchiate a.]
Having dorsal branchiæ or gills.
| 1870 H. A. Nicholson Man. Zool. (1875) 220 From the position of the branchiæ, the members of this order are often spoken of as the ‘Dorsibranchiate’ (or more properly ‘Notobranchiate’) Annelides. |
So notoˈbranchious a. (Mayne, 1857.)